Border Profiteers
The Border Profiteers List is a database compiling companies which are involved with and profiting from the European border system. The fortification and externalisation of borders is not only driven by political interests but also by being a source of profit for an array of different companies from producers of surveillance equipment and weapons to concrete and food distribution for camps, consultant companies and research facilities.
The Border Profiteers List is a non-exhaustive and growing resource for civil society actors, researchers and activists. An online form to submit contributions to this list will be available here shortly.
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A large proportion of the entries is based on research by the Informationsstelle Militarisierung (Information Centre for Militarisation).
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| Registered office | France - Le Castellet |
|---|---|
| Categories | surveillance |
The company Aero-Nautic Services & Engineering was founded in 2010 with the participation of a Vice Admiral of the French Navy and is specialised in the production of so-called aerostats - balloons or zeppelins equipped with communication and surveillance technology - which it manufactures in Castellet. Such aerostats have been used for some time to protect field camps in contested areas such as Mali and Afghanistan because they can stay in the air for a very long time and thus guarantee a long sensor range. The company counts French companies and authorities operating in the Middle East among its customers …
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